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The top 10 ‘spiciest’ moments of the German elections

September 20, 2013

How do we put this delicately…the Germans aren’t exactly known for their sense of humour. Equally neither are politicians, other than attracting derisory chuckles at their attempts to seem cool or in touch with the common man. Combine the two and res…

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How one finger livened-up the German election campaign

September 13, 2013

Peer Steinbrück, the SPD’s Chancellor Candidate graces the front cover of today’s Süddeutsche Magazine unapologetically flicking the bird.Here’s Steinbrück’s picture interview in full, (quick fire questions, with ‘wordless answers’):” You’re c…

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Merkel’s necklace aside, who won yesterday’s German election debate?

September 2, 2013

Some 17 million Germans – and, we dare to say, a record number of keen international analysts – tuned in yesterday to watch the first and last televised debate between Angela Merkel and SPD contender Peer Steinbrück, ahead of the country’s electio…

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German election update: Would the SPD rather stay in opposition than become Merkel’s "lackeys" again?

August 9, 2013

Given that August is traditionally been a slow news month, we thought we’d revive an old Open Europe tradition – German poll Fridays (we know you’re excited!). Its worth remembering we are only 6 weeks away from elections in Germany which will to a lar…

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Steinbrück envisages a Europe led by Franco-German-Polish axis (Hello Cameron!)

June 5, 2013

Peer Steinbruck laid out his foreign policy in a talk at Berlin’s Free University Peer Steinbrück , leader of Germany’s centre-left SPD Party, and Merkel’s main opposition in September’s elections, laid out his foreign policy in a speech yesterd…

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Alarm für die SPD: German voters not impressed by the party’s approach to the eurozone crisis

May 3, 2013

We thought we’d revive an old Open Europe tradition today – Friday afternoons = German polling time. And we certainly have some interesting news to bring you from a new ARD Deutschlandtrend poll published yesterday.First off the parties – no huge…

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Will the German Social Democracts come out in favour of debt pooling in the eurozone?

March 12, 2013

Last year we highlighted the German opposition’s somewhat ambiguous position on the hugely controversial proposition of debt mutualisation in the eurozone. However, with September’s elections rapidly approaching, it seems the SPD could have nailed …

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The Anglo-German axis is stirring up emotions

February 21, 2013

The political repercussions of the recent EU budget agreement – when London and Berlin stood on the same side and Paris took itself out of the game – are still reverberating. Yesterday, Former French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo told French r…

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Is the SPD in crisis?

January 17, 2013

A new Stern-RTL poll out yesterday, widely reported in the German media, has Angela Merkel’s CDU on 43%, and the SPD, the main opposition party on only 23% – its lowest since July 2011 and equal to the actual share of votes won in the 2009 elections….

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